Detroit’s Chief Strategy Officer Trisha Stein discusses the Detroit Neighborhood Solar Initiate that will transform vacant land in disinvested neighborhoods into solar arrays.

The projects are slated to begin within the next 3 - 6 months and include the continuation of a year-long community engagement process. Phase 1, which includes the neighborhoods of State Fair, Gratiot/Findlay and Van Dyke/Lynch, is expected to generate 21 MWs on 103 total acres to offset 60% of the City’s municipal facilities energy usage. The City will develop a total of 33 MWs of renewable energy to offset the current energy consumption of 127 municipal buildings. Lightstar Renewables and DTE Electric were selected to be the developers of the projects.